St. Peter Police report officer shot

By: Fritz Busch

ST. PETER — Police reported an officer was shot Thursday night. The shooting was reported to take place at about 8 p.m. on the 2100 block of Bunker Lane in St. Peter. The incident occurred following an attempt to apprehend a suspect from a ...

June 20, 2026

‘We’re all members of the great, big Brotherhood of Man’

By: Fritz Busch

SLEEPY EYE — A satire of corporate America that is just as funny today as when it premiered on Broadway in 1961, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” is coming to St. Mary’s Auditorium June 25-28. The musical that won ...

June 20, 2026

Camp Cuyuna memories

By: Amy Zents

NEW ULM — Tom Henderson will share stories from his decades of Scout leadership during a keynote address focusing on bears and storms at the closing of Camp Cuyuna and Scout reunion Saturday at Cross Lake. The 79-year-old former Brown County ...

June 20, 2026

Gibbon shuts down Searles

GIBBON — The Gibbon Reds rolled the Searles Grizzlies 10-0 in seven innings in a Tomahawk East League amateur baseball game on Thursday. Dominic Rose earned the win for Gibbon, striking out 12 and allowing three hits and no runs with two ...

June 19, 2026

Sleepy Eye Jr. Legion undefeated in JUMC pool play

By: Ari Selvey

NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye Junior Legion ended pool play in the Junior Upper Midwest Classic undefeated with a 7-4 win over Prior Lake Friday at Mueller Park. Sleepy Eye beat Rosetown 14-2 in five innings earlier in the day and will be the top seed ...

June 19, 2026

Big hits lift Jr. Gold past Alexandria

By: Travis Rosenau

NEW ULM — It wasn’t the most polished day in the field for the New Ulm Junior Legion Gold on Friday, but their bats more than made up for it. In their second Junior Upper Midwest Classic tournament game, the Jr. Gold were aided by a ...

June 19, 2026